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May truth and love and hope abide this Christmastide.

I made this slideshow quite a few years ago for a church Christmas party. The theme was "A Christ-Centered Christmas." I've touched it up, and posted it here. The music is a live recording from my choirs at the University of Utah. I just think it is important to remember what this holiday is really about, because it is too easy to get caught up in the materialism of it all.

Christmastide (Jesse's Carol):
Green and silver, red and gold
And a story born of old.
Truth and love and hope abide,
This Christmastide, this Christmastide.

Holly, ivy, mistletoe
And the gently falling snow.
Truth and love and hope abide,
This Christmastide, this Christmastide.

From a simple ox's stall
Came the greatest gift of all.
Truth and love and hope abide,
This Christmastide, this Christmastide.

Children sing of hope and joy
At the birth of one small boy.
Truth and love and hope abide,
This Christmastide, this Christmastide.

Let the bells ring loud and clear,
Ring out now for all to hear.
Truth and love and hope abide,
This Christmastide, this Christmastide.

Trumpets sound and voices raise
In an endless stream of praise.
Truth and love and hope abide,
This Christmastide, this Christmastide.

Green and silver, red and gold
And a story born of old.
Peace and love and hope abide,
This Christmastide, this Christmastide.